Chapter 1061: Italian-Style Charge

"Passang! Go and kill them!"

"Me?"

The leader of the Sardinian puppet army was speechless. He wanted to say something, but his voice was drowned out by the subsequent artillery fire.

The power of the twelve steel cannons was extraordinary. Just one round of volleys tore the city gate into pieces.

Because the special steel strengthened the strength of the barrel and the shells used were also special high-powered shrapnel shells, the shooting effect was very explosive.

This power made Garibaldi feel incredible. He had fought for so many years and seen many cannons, but the Austrian artillery left the most profound impression on him.

And as an Italian nationalist, Garibaldi could not agree with the approach of this Austrian staff officer.

In comparison, the artillery of the Brazilian government army was like a joke. Garibaldi thought that the legendary Urban cannon that blasted Constantinople was just like this.

But soon the French counterattack began. The French gunners pushed away their dead comrades and aimed and fired in the smoke and blood rain.

Garibaldi looked at the broken gate and collapsed city wall, as well as the Sardinian Republican Army that had just surrendered, and he sent an envoy.

"How can we surrender if you do this?"

Seeing this scene, the French commander on the top of the city couldn't help but shout excitedly.

In the end, the volunteers fired more than 3,000 rockets at Savigliano in one breath, and it was a mess.

And compared to the artillery, those rockets were what impressed them the most. Unlike heavy artillery, the firing speed of rockets is simply astonishing.

Mounting, fixing, igniting, and firing, this series of actions only takes a few seconds for skilled rocket soldiers.

As the sound of gunfire became less and less, the French commander poked his head out, and then was stunned by the scene in front of him. He clenched his fists, stood up and cursed loudly.

As a new thing that only appeared in the eyes of the military of various countries in 1846, the rifled cannon has not yet been generally accepted by the army of various countries.

A bullet hit the parapet beside the commander, and he immediately retracted his head because he knew that there must be more than one sharpshooter aiming at him at this time.

"Shoot at the French on the wall, let them come."

The volunteers fired guns and cannons, and the French, who had already experienced the power of the enemy's artillery, immediately retracted.

"These Gallic barbarians killed our envoys. They have violated the rules of war. We should massacre the city after victory to warn those who look down on us."

Garibaldi hurried forward to cover the mouth of the staff officer to prevent him from saying something more terrible. The so-called volunteers, except for a small number of Austrian regular troops, were mostly farmers who had just put down their hoes and the Sardinian army that surrendered repeatedly.

Soon, stone chips and dust flew on the walls of Savigliano, ancient buildings collapsed continuously, and human body fragments were thrown into the air from time to time.

Solid bullets that can only be fired at a single point have no advantage in front of Austria's new shrapnel bullets.

After two rounds of bombardment, Garibaldi called a halt to the bombardment. As soon as the bombardment stopped, a group of people rushed out of the gaps in the city gate and the city wall, howling.

Thick smoke, blood mist, and dust obscured the eyes of the defenders, and only explosions and wailing continued to be heard.

Most of the French troops in the city and the volunteers outside the city could not understand such technical details. They only admired the Austrian artillery and craftsmen.

"Two countries do not kill envoys when they are at war. Isn't that bad?"

Killing the rebel messenger in public was, on the one hand, to show his attitude and anger the enemy, and on the other hand, to stop the Sardinian Republican Army from defecting again.

Garibaldi felt that his side had taken the advantage, whether in terms of manpower, firepower, or psychology. The most important thing was that the reinforcements that the French were expecting could no longer come. He felt that the battle was over.

The French commander did not understand the reason. The defeats suffered by the guerrillas before were closely related to the double-dealing of the Sardinian army. The traitors just now confirmed this conjecture.

The power is even more amazing, at least it looks similar to the effect of heavy artillery.

It's just that the accuracy is a bit different. Obviously, the rocket rack has not moved, but the three rockets fired in succession can be inserted into the trench under the city wall, one hits the main fort, and one flies directly into the city.

One after another, the large-caliber city defense cannons opened fire in response, and the huge iron balls hit the trenches. The powerful impact directly tore the sandbags and penetrated the side defenses and embedded deeply in the soil.

"Gentlemen, please release your anger as much as you can!"

Of course, at this time, especially for these guerrillas, it's all about having fun.

The heavy artillery immediately began to roar, and temporary launchers were set up, and then fired at Savigliano together.

"Fire cover!"

However, Garibaldi's messenger was holding a white flag, and was shot to death by the French commander in the city before he reached the city.

The killing of Garibaldi's messenger immediately caused a burst of exclamations from the volunteers, some crying, some roaring, and some cursing.

At this time, the staff officer from the Austrian regular army said something.

An officer of the Sardinian Republican Army who did not defect said.

The guerrillas cheered and shouted excitedly when they saw this. They had never seen such a spectacular scene.

Doing so would not only make the remaining Sardinian soldiers and civilians in the city determined to fight the French, but also hurt the national feelings of the Sardinians.

In fact, even the inventor of the breech-loading rifled cannon, Major Cavalli, a military engineer of the Kingdom of Sardinia, did not realize what kind of changes his invention would bring to the subsequent development of artillery.

On the other hand, the soldiers of the Volunteer Army immediately jumped into the trenches to prepare for battle, but they soon found something wrong, because those who rushed out, including men, women, young and old, although holding guns, mostly shot randomly.

However, killing the messenger was indeed a serious crime. Garibaldi had seen the power of Austrian heavy artillery before, and he gave the order without hesitation.

Facing the powerful firepower of Austrian equipment, the French army did not have no chance to fight back, but the killing efficiency was too low.

"Damn traitors! Italians are all liars!"

Perhaps this Sardinian Republican Army officer had no other intentions, but the French officer heard that he was hinting at himself.

"They are rebels! We don't need to talk about any morality when facing traitors!"

These people's awareness is not very high. The two words "massacre" may not deter the French army, but will scare these volunteers who think they are on the righteous side.

But what was more terrifying was the difference in accuracy and range between the two sides. Austria's steel rifled cannons were much stronger than the old-style smoothbore cannons cast by the Kingdom of Sardinia used by the French army.

However, the French army had no intention of surrendering. They crawled out of the rubble and still held their positions.

Garibaldi clenched his fists after seeing all this through the telescope. He had experienced the firepower of the Austrian army. It was a doomsday bombing that could even scare a good guy crazy.

Seeing an army that could not collapse under such bombing, Garibaldi knew that this battle would be difficult.